Q. I recently got some good entertainment from a woodpecker that was hammering away on the exterior of our metal pole shed. Later, the bird (I assume it was the same one) started pecking away on the ...

Frame sequence from a high-speed video of pecking in the pileated woodpecker (Erica Ortlieb & Robert Shadwick, University of British Columbia) (CN) — How do woodpeckers not get concussions? This ...

Discover how woodpeckers use their bodies like hammers, combining muscle power and coordination to drill through wood.

A few weeks ago, at about 6:45 in the morning, I was at home, waiting to talk live on the air with Morning Edition host Michel Martin about a story I'd done, when I suddenly heard a loud metallic ...

Q: We are waiting for the unwanted 5:30 a.m. awakening of a woodpecker pecking on our metal rain gutters. You can imagine how this jack-hammer-like sound can be annoying at such an early hour. Can you ...